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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Video Day! Crinoid-Crustacean LOVE!

Today some cool commensal crustaceans living among feather stars! (aka comatulid crinoids). Crinoids are filter feeding echinoderms that live in the tropics of the Indo-Pacific (and the Atlantic). Some live in the deeps...

Not sure about the comments of the narrator regarding the unpalatabity of the crinoid-but certainly those shrimp get some food out of it... and dang! Look at that camoflage!

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